Crime & Safety
Gun Pulled In Fair Lawn Craft Beer Bar Fight, Arrest Made: Police
An argument at Stosh's on Maple Avenue ended with a man pulling a gun on one of the bar's patrons, according to local authorities.
FAIR LAWN, NJ — A Patterson man stands accused of pulling a gun amid a heated fight that began in a popular Fair Lawn bar, police announced Wednesday.
Anthony Muniz, 50, was arrested months after the fight at Stosh's, a craft beer bar on Maple Avenue and Forest Street, on Aug. 16, Fair Lawn police Sgt. Brian Metzler said.
Muniz demanded a 52-year-old patron meet him outside the bar, then, while outside, grabbed his neck and pulled out a gun, police said.
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The brave 52-year-old pushed the gun away and Muniz fled, Metzler said.
Muniz was arrested Tuesday in Morris County and charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, and certain persons not to possess weapons, police said.
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The Patterson man was then taken to the Bergen County Jail, police said.
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